Saturday 24 August 2013

Vertigo's Mise en Scene

Describe Hitchcock's techniques and use of composition and mise-en-scene.
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51 comments:

  1. Hitchcock's techniques focus around filming unusual shots like each scene is a moving painting. Each scene seems similar to that of a live play.

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  2. Hitchcock had a good use of camera angels, and shots while shooting the characters talking, and action shots. When they go into one of the stores to find out information on the wife, its bright outside, and when they go outside, you can tell it's slightly darker. In the beginning when they're running, there are shots of all the characters running, shooting, and climbing up ladders, and jumping off the rooftops.

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  3. Hitchcock uses a few good techniques to compose his film visually. First off, when Scotty is experiencing vertigo, the camera angles add to the set and make the viewer feel like they are falling with him. Another example is when the car chases are happening. Hitchcock really makes it seem like the viewer is in the car too by only using shots from out the window or of Scotty.

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  4. The scene where they were in the hotel, the ladys room was darker than the rest of the house. As the (Walton Grandma Lady) led John upstairs, it was getting darker.

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  5. many of hitchcock's scenes contain interesting uses of color composition and visual placement to clue in the viewer

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  6. In Hitchcock's film, "Vertigo", he uses various pans and tilts to give the location and setting of a scene. For example, when the viewer first looks into the restaurant where Scotty's friend and his wife are having dinner, they first see Scotty looking at somebody. Then the camera zooms out and pans all the way across the room and focuses on the couple. While the camera is panning, the viewer can see everyone that's eating the restaurant and together, they create a complete scene of what a restaurant should look and sound like.

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  7. Hitchcock uses many different camera angles and music to change the scene and feel of the scenes.

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  8. Hitchcock uses different techniques such as various angles to view from the character's point of view. An example would be the vertigo effect, looking down from where the character's view. Hitchcock also shows the view of the detective when he is following the lady through the various places.

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  9. Hitchcock always uses the same technique whenever the main character is driving. He films from the dashboard at the drivers face, and showing movement by the other windows in the car, and the slight angle variation in which the frame is taken. Also, whenever the guy gets vertigo, the building suddenly seems black and white and stretched out. Whenever he is with his girlfriend that is not his girlfriend, the scenery is always more light and colorful, while when he is following the blond wife woman, the scenery often plays more with light and shadow.

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  10. In Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock uses many different kinds of shots. To show Scotty's fear, a "bird's eye view" is used as to portray the scene from Scotty's view, hanging on to the rooftop. Composition is used when Madeleine believes she is Carlotta Valdes, and certain aspects of how her hair is done, and her flowers show composition within the scene.

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  11. Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Virtigo, has a very well thought out Mis-en-scene. His techniques include using a the camera to zoom in as the camera rolls backward, leaving an optical illusion of a deep drop, or really high up.

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  12. In the film, Hitchcock consistently alternates between several basic sets, building the significance behind each of them with different events that happen there. His use of music is key in transitioning to or from the peaks of dramatic scenes, perfectly spread out to avoid taking away from the intensity. Hitchcock is also extremely clever with his camera angles--particularly when filming the car pursuit scenes. He shifts from the driver's perspective, onlookers' perspectives, and perspectives aimed directly into the car. This variety in scene is effective in portraying different moods and motives.

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  13. Hitchcock uses many techniques to express his mise-en-scene. For example he shows Scotti moving in a car by having the camera on him with a green screen in the background and a camera in the front of the car to show him moving forward. He also expresses a lot of the moods through music. It shows things such as danger when the wife jumps off the bay. The story also represents mood through lighting. A darker or more mysterious part of the movie has dim lights while a lighter or happier moment has bright lights and is often in the sun.

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  14. His shots were very suspenseful. He angled them to produce reactions with fear and empathy. He's able to make a mystery so interesting that it grabs the attention instantly. He also used innovative ways with using the camera. Using a point of view that most directors didn't really try.

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  15. Hitchcock uses lots of music and emphasizes what the character sees. When Johnny was about to fall from the building he looks down and you just see the length of him to the ground just stretches.
    The sound affects also help when he saves the girl and brings her to his place and he went into his room; you hear a loud door slam and you as well as johnny know the lady left and he goes chasing after her. There's a music track that helps sway the audiences feelings.

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  16. Hitchcock uses his signature filming techniques. He framed his shots to to create the most fear and anxiety and suspense. Alfred Hitchcock also pioneered the use of the dolly zoom in this film to create a sense of Vertigo. I also liked the filming of the locations. He used the scenes to create a lot of fear.

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  17. HItchcock uses a wide variety of film techniques, as he is a master of suspense and horror in films. His technique usage gives the film a new angle literally. Take for example the scenario when when the main character, Jack, suffers from Vertigo during one of his missions. In this mission he loses an officer as he falls to his death into the visually dark and scary height. This only amplifies his fear of heights by the death of his officer. His techniques he used were: a moving camera, at one point an oblique angle, almost overlaying two videos, and use of music to amplify the depth and scary feeling without the benefits of today's modern high definition.

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  18. The background music successfully creates the intense and mysterious atmosphere. also the expression of the acrophobia, such as the zoom in of the floor to emphasize the height, can really pull audience into the feeling visually.

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  19. In vertigo, Hitchcock uses mise-en-scene with the actors and the properties to create different feelings and emotions. Hitchcock uses Scotty as the audience so that the audience can connect with a character who is throughout the movie learning more about madeline. In Camera shots, Hitchcock uses camera angles such as the first person view to see what Scotty is seeing. he uses this technique when scotty has a fear of heights and also when he is following Madeline.

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  21. Hitchcock uses unique filming techniques like the vertigo scenes to enhance his films. He chooses to highlight the main elements of each scene. LOGIN PROBLEMS

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  22. Hitchcock does not make use of many dramatic angles, but makes up for it with the harsh lighting, actor placement, and background music. The story develops as the story goes even without much dialogue in some scenes. Hitchcock is able to provide subtleties that make the plot complex without confusing the audience.

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  23. Hitchcock uses a combination of lighting, music, line, placement and angle to perfection. Also, he uses the character of Scotty to connect to the audience as he is just a regular guy at this point having already retired. It shows an outside perspective. You're meeting Madeline for the first time just like Scotty is.

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  24. Alfred Hitchcock is a master of lighting. he uses it to convey strong feeling and emotion. Hitchcock uses sound too convey feeling as well.

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  25. Hitchcock uses different camera angles to set the mood of the scene for the audience. He uses various lighting techniques and music to also provide different feelings throughout the film even though there is not much dialogue while Scotty follows Madeline.

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  26. Hitchcock uses a wide range of camera angles, lighting and music to create a good feeling for the movie. He uses camera shots and movements to make the plot more complex like when he shows a first person view of Scotty to see what his is looking at.

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  27. In the film, Hitchcock makes use of various tilted shots to convey emotion to the audience. In the shots of Scotty driving, the camera is kept on his face to show Scotty's reactions to each one of woman's actions. Hitchcock also makes use of lighting in his scenes to set the tone of the scene. The background music in "Vertigo" helps add to the suspense of the film and keep the audience on edge.

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  28. Alfred Hitchcock expertly uses compostion in Vertigo, especially in any of the actual vertigo scenes. The camera is in the point of view of our eyes, and when he rolls the camera back and we see the heights. Its a pretty scary scene and works very effectively.

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  29. He uses a lot of pans and oblique shots to create suspense and fear. He demonstrates Scotty's fear by having the camera shake a little when he is looking down from the building. Hitchcock uses different camera angles and shots to play with the audiences emotions.

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  30. Hitchcock uses Mise en scene by creating contrast with the lighting and background. He also chooses unique camera angles that help convey emotions of confusion during many scenes.

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  31. Hitchcock uses of dramatic lighting throughout the movie intensify the experience. When something is supposed to be wrong or creepy or happy, the lighting changes accordingly.

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  32. Alfred Hitchcock uses rear projection very well during his car scenes, and as his use of lighting easily conveys the tone of the scene to the viewers. Scotty's mood can often be interpreted solely through the lighting of a scene.

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  33. Hitchcock uses lighting, space, and angles to emphasize the idea of heights and how they effect the main character. The main characters reaction also gives the audience a realistic feel about how high up the character or camera is.

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  34. Hitchcock uses lighting to establish the mood in several of his scenes. When John "Scotty" Ferguson is talking to his friend's wife, Hitchcock uses the lighting to create a more intimate setting. This subconsciously makes the audience see a connection between the two, while also creating a good sense of "awkwardness".

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  35. In Hitchcock's film, he uses many different filming techniques that provide the viewer with a thrilling experience. The mis-en-scenes in Vertigo create feelings and emotions, which adds an interesting aspect to the movie.

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  36. Hitchock uses the mise-en-scence to create depth and life inside the movie. LIke the scene were he is hanging outside on the building. The background was beautiful and smartly placed and the background music was perfect. He is a master of thriller and suspense.

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  37. Hitchcook uses dramatic scenes to help convey the subject. Decor emphasizes the theme of the movie and he uses it almost instead of the emotions in his movies. He wants to use colors instead of emotions. he uses lighting to emphesize important information

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  38. Hitchcock uses lighting to make his scenes more appealing to the audience, in the scene where Scotty and Midge go to the book store, Hitchcock wants the mood to be sort of mysterious (as the couple wants information about a dead woman) with light, he dims it down and the audience does feel a very mysterious mood in the book store.

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  39. Hitchcock precariously uses different angles and shots. He gets the audience involved by moving the camera in the detective's point of view so that it is more suspenseful. For example, when the detective follows the woman, instead of showing the woman's point of view, it shows his.

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  40. In the film Vertigo, Hitchcock uses many techniques to create a dramatic effect. Every scene also has a lot of mood because of the music, which really carries the film. Visually, the film is very impacting too. The different angles have a huge effect on the film, especially the scenes where the main character, Scotty, is following the girl. The camera angles and lighting create lots of suspense; they make the viewer feel fear.

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  41. Alfred Hitchcock uses Mise-en-scene very well during the scene where he is in the building , and as his use of lighting easily projects the feel of the scene to the viewers. Scotty's mood can often be viewed only through the lighting of a scene.

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  42. Hitchhock uses camera angles very well in the movie, vertigo. The use of angles shows extra emotion. For example, the oblique angles showed some fright. Color was also important. The color signified the emotion of the scene. For example, the part with the main character hanging on for his life did not have many colors while the part with the garden did.

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  43. The composition of scenes are made in such a way that puts mystery in the actions of the detective's subject,Madeleine Elster. The music and the far away profile shots put into the viewer an uneasiness and mysteriousness that Hitchcock is trying to place in this character. For example, when Madeline Elster is looking at the painting, Hitchcock presents her in a profile shot. Furthermore, there is a strange emphasis on lighting that points out the similarities between Madeline and Carlotta (in the painting). Furthermore, certain cut shots focus on the flower to emphasize similarities, and there exists a music of suspense within the scene.

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  44. He uses lighting to convey different emotions as well as the music. The music does so much to set the mood and it can make you feel anything from excited, nervous, happy or sad. He uses angles such as "the birds eye view" to show Scotty hanging from the rooftop to add suspense.

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  45. Hitchcock uses lots of different lightning to create the scene a lot better. Also, he uses a lot of musics to have the scenes moods. The angles from top of the tower was good, and the music in the scene made me little scary that the actor will fall from the high place.

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  46. Alfred Hitchcock has always been a master of suspense. Its cool watching his movies because i now know where all those famous camera tricks come from. He really did re-invent the genre.

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  47. Hitchcock uses many techniques to enhance the cinematography in his film with techniques such as birds eye view, and many slow moving Pan shots to further manipulate the audience into believing the sneaky spy role. He also uses a small amount of dialogue to increase the suspense and to make a simple yet rich story for the audience.

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  48. Hitchcock makes use of angles to create emotion and to create a greater attachment to the character, and uses juxtaposition to create unity throughout the scene. Hitchcock also uses angles to make the plot less complex and more interesting and appealing to the audience. The use of first person shots allows the audience to see what the protagonist of the story is encountering in the story.

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  49. Hitchcock uses several techniques to allow the audience to become more interested in the film. He uses many shots and angles so that they feel more scared and so that there can be suspense in the film.

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  50. Hitchcock uses flashing lights and eerie music to signify that Scotty is still dreaming. He uses shots of trippy imagery and neon lights to symbolize that Scotty is asleep. Also, Hitchcock rotates the camera around a close-up of Scotty and Judy embracing as a technique to show that they are madly in love. Lastly, Hitchcock uses the vertigo effect to show how afraid Scotty is of heights. He also uses medium shots when the film is portraying characters running across buildings.

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